feat: simplifies collection update operation

src/collections/operations/update.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
 import httpStatus from 'http-status';
 import path from 'path';
 import { UploadedFile } from 'express-fileupload';
 import { Where, Document } from '../../types';
 import { Collection } from '../config/types';
 
-import overwriteMerge from '../../utilities/overwriteMerge';
 import removeInternalFields from '../../utilities/removeInternalFields';
 import executeAccess from '../../auth/executeAccess';
 import { NotFound, Forbidden, APIError, FileUploadError } from '../../errors';
@@ -133,9 +131,9 @@ async function update(incomingArgs: Arguments): Promise<Document> {
     overrideAccess,
   });
 
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
-  // beforeValidate - Collection
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
+  // // /////////////////////////////////////
+  // // beforeValidate - Collection
+  // // /////////////////////////////////////
 
   await collectionConfig.hooks.beforeValidate.reduce(async (priorHook, hook) => {
     await priorHook;
@@ -163,12 +161,6 @@ async function update(incomingArgs: Arguments): Promise<Document> {
     })) || data;
   }, Promise.resolve());
 
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
-  // Merge updates into existing data
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
-
-  data = deepmerge(originalDoc, data, { arrayMerge: overwriteMerge });
-
   // /////////////////////////////////////
   // beforeChange - Fields
   // /////////////////////////////////////

src/fields/traverseFields.ts

@@ -106,10 +106,33 @@ const traverseFields = (args: Arguments): void => {
 
     if (field.localized && unflattenLocales) {
       unflattenLocaleActions.push(() => {
-        data[field.name] = payload.config.localization.locales.reduce((locales, localeID) => ({
-          ...locales,
-          [localeID]: localeID === locale ? data[field.name] : docWithLocales?.[field.name]?.[localeID],
-        }), {});
+        const localeData = payload.config.localization.locales.reduce((locales, localeID) => {
+          let valueToSet;
+
+          if (localeID === locale) {
+            if (data[field.name]) {
+              valueToSet = data[field.name];
+            } else if (docWithLocales?.[field.name]?.[localeID]) {
+              valueToSet = docWithLocales?.[field.name]?.[localeID];
+            }
+          } else {
+            valueToSet = docWithLocales?.[field.name]?.[localeID];
+          }
+
+          if (valueToSet) {
+            return {
+              ...locales,
+              [localeID]: valueToSet,
+            };
+          }
+
+          return locales;
+        }, {});
+
+        // If there are locales with data, set the data
+        if (Object.keys(localeData).length > 0) {
+          data[field.name] = localeData;
+        }
       });
     }
 

src/globals/operations/update.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
-import overwriteMerge from '../../utilities/overwriteMerge';
 import executeAccess from '../../auth/executeAccess';
 import removeInternalFields from '../../utilities/removeInternalFields';
 
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ async function update(args) {
     if (globalJSON._id) {
       delete globalJSON._id;
     }
-  } else {
-    globalJSON = { globalType: slug };
   }
 
   const originalDoc = await this.performFieldOperations(globalConfig, {
@@ -96,12 +92,6 @@ async function update(args) {
     })) || data;
   }, Promise.resolve());
 
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
-  // Merge updates into existing data
-  // /////////////////////////////////////
-
-  data = deepmerge(originalDoc, data, { arrayMerge: overwriteMerge });
-
   // /////////////////////////////////////
   // beforeChange - Fields
   // /////////////////////////////////////
@@ -124,9 +114,10 @@ async function update(args) {
     global = await Model.findOneAndUpdate(
       { globalType: slug },
       result,
-      { overwrite: true, new: true },
+      { new: true },
     );
   } else {
+    result.globalType = slug;
     global = await Model.create(result);
   }